Tonight, we are honored to welcome Drew Estate’s Master Blender, Willy Herrera back to the Prime Time Show. It’s the first time Willy has been back on the Prime Time Show in nearly five years, so we have a lot to catch up on – including some of the exciting new projects in the Liga […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate to Launch Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado to International Market
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On the August 30, 2023 edition of Freestyle Live, Drew Estate announced a release for the international market known as the Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado. For recent Liga Privada releases such as the Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo and Liga Privada 10 Aniversario, the market outside the U.S. has had limited access to […]
Announcement: Contest: Drew Estate Liga Privada H99 Travel Humidor (Web Entries)
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As we mentioned on Prime Time Episode 276, we have a custom Liga Privada H99 Travel Humidor to give away. This includes custom artwork from Subculture Studios. To enter, leave a comment below telling us your favorite Drew Estate brand. If you tuned into the live show, you were able to enter there – and […]
Announcement: Prime Time Episode 276: An Phan, Drew Estate
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Tonight An Phan makes his debut on the Prime Time Show. An is the Brand Director for Drew Estate and is the creative mind behind a lot of the exciting branding from the products. He is also a long-time cigar enthusiast who has had a unique journey to get to the position he is in. […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Announces Return to PCA Trade Show in 2024
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Drew Estate has announced it will return to the PCA Trade Show in 2024. Drew Estate cited two reasons why it is returning. First, Drew Estate and PCA leadership have engaged in constructive conversations that have led to closer alignment on many industry matters. Second, Drew Estate said the change in dates to late March […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Files Lawsuit Over Unauthorized use of Deadwood Tobacco Trademark
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A lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court in Southern Florida by Drew Estate and former Deadwood Tobacco Company owner Vaughn Boyd against the current Deadwood Tobacco Company owners for the unauthorized use of the Deadwood Tobacco Company trademarks. For several years these trademarks had been licensed to Drew Estate, but the […]
Cigar Review: Blackened M81 Toro by Drew Estate
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In 2022, Drew Estate announced a three-way collaboration project that was done between Metallica’s James Hetfield, Distiller Rob Dietrich of Sweet Amber Distilling, and Jonathan Drew known as Blackened M81. Blackened is the name of a whiskey collaboration of Metallica and Dietrich and Dietrich and Drew have been friends for a while. It was Dietrich […]
Cigar News: Liga Privada H99 Papas Fritas Revealed as the Fifth Freestyle Live Mystery Cigar
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On the June 8, 2023 edition of Freestyle Live, Drew Estate announced its fifth Freestyle Live mystery cigar has been revealed to be the Liga Privada H99 Papas Fritas. In 2012, Drew Estate unveiled the original Liga Privada Papa Fritas. This was a short filler cigar made from the leftover trimmings of the Liga Privada […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Releases Limited Edition ACID Kuba Kuba Assortment Gift Set
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Drew Estate has announced a new ten-count gift set that features its ACID Kuba Kuba and ACID Kuba Kuba Maduro Cigars. The ten-count gift box features five 5 x 54 Fat Robustos of the ACID Kuba Kuba and five 5 x 54 ACID Kuba Kuba Madras. The cigars are packaged inside a collectible ACID-branded four-bay […]
Prime Time Episode 259: Rob Dietrich, Blackened American Whiskey
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Late last year, headlines were made when it was announced that a collaboration between Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate, Metallica’s James Hatfield, and Blackened Whiskey’s Rob Dietrich was happening. That collaboration would be the Blackened M81 cigar. Tonight we talk to one of the principals in this project, Rob Dietrich. Rob is the Master Distiller […]